Between the Seas - Island Identities in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas

In Between The Seas , Deborah Paci takes a comparative view of insularity in island identities through case studies of islands in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas. These case studies include, in the Baltic case, Gotland, Saaremaa and Hiiumaa; and in the Mediterranean case, Sicily, Sardinia, Malta and Corsica. Examining multiple sites of these islands'' identities such as history, environmental concerns and governance systems, this study provides a historical perspective into the relations between islands and the larger geopolitical regions around them as well as historicizing "insularist" rhetoric deployed by pro-independence groups within them. Paci examines the changing role and increasing political importance of islands in the European Union against the history of island insularity and offers a significant contribution to the wider field of island studies.>

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Paci
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781838606190
• ISBN: 978-1-83860-619-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Baltic Sea, Political Geography, Regional / International studies, Mediterranean countries, German Baltic Sea coast and islands